Gestational Diabetes

Can gestational diabetes go away last weeks of pregnancy?

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amandah917 wrote:

I’m diet controlled, 36 weeks tomorrow. This whole week my numbers have been a lot lower then they usually are. Especially my fasting numbers. I did a little experiment (just for the day) to see if I could eat whatever I want. Waffles, McDonald’s, pizza...stuff I haven’t had this whole time and my numbers were never over 117. I was amazed. Just wondering if my GD has magical disappeared?? Lol

I’m 26 weeks and this is happening to me! I’ve had after dinner numbers in the 90’s-low 100’s. I had pancakes tonight and my level was 106, my monitor is 9 points higher than the Perintologist’s meter.My fasting levels are all in the 80’s. I am on insulin though, so my story is likely different.

They say that after 30 weeks your levels can kind of level out, or they can sky rocket. I "graduated" my program and didn't have to see the dietician or specialist after 35 weeks because my numbers were controlled. Yeah for you!

Yes that is normal and expected! At 36 weeks the placenta puts out less hormones, as it is getting ready for delivery and GD magically becomes much easier to control. According to my doctor if it gets harder to control at that point it is a sign the baby is stressed or not doing well... so GREAT news your body is preparing for delivery just like it should!

Mine definitely got lower at that point but be careful because you can still get elevated readings. Especially if stress comes into play. I had a couple higher readings towards the end even though most food didn’t seem to affect me the same way. It was definitely really late around week 36 until delivery. No issues at or after delivery with blood sugar. Before I delivered, I had chick-fil-A chicken noodle soup and no elevated reading. A miracle!

I’m glad I’m not alone! I shouldn’t be able to eat edible cookie dough (no raw egg and flour is cooked) or banana muffins but somehow I can! I always make sure to test after a food like that just to see but I’m amazed that my numbers aren’t elevated! I’ll continue to follow the diet but it’s nice knowing I can be a bit more loose with it.

I have three weeks to go and all my numbers have been lower! Well, except an over-confident encounter with orange chicken . . . My A1C came back 5.3. I am still being careful most of the time because two weeks ago Baby was measuring 7 lbs. C-section scheduled at 39 weeks, which I am ok with because last delivery was an emergency C-section.

Mine has been lower too (almost too low at times so I’ve had to purposefully up my carb intake but still GD friendly foods) and I am 36 weeks so this seems to be a trend with a lot of GD patients. It is a nice reminder the end is very very near!!

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